capitol police officer speaks out. for the first time since his heroic actions saved lives on the january 6 assault on the capitol. it could have easily been a blood bath. o donnell: the rising price of o.j.. americans feel the squeeze as orange juice prices surge. major s.a.t. changes: the new details all parents need to know about the college admissions exam. and tom brady s future. what the greatest of all time is saying about retirement. ret this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. president biden is ramping up the pressure on vladimir putin, warning the russian president of enormous consequences if he invades ukraine and taking the rhetoric a step further, issuing a personal threat to putin. ukrainian leaders are trying to calm citizens, saying there is no sign that a russian invasion is imminent, but the war games on the
them back and the deal that it s offering on housing. let us start with the war in ukraine. joining me now is kelly cobiella, ali vitali is on capitol hill, and kelly, i want to start with you. a lot of news out of ukraine today, and also news from the russian defense ministry. we have not independently confirmed this, but they are saying that they have hit some strategic targets in ukraine, and they say they destroyed power substations, an aerospace base with assets and military equipment concentrations in ukraine. what you have been able to confirm or figure out there on the ground? katy, that seems to refer to the strikes in kyiv late yesterday. that appeared to be the target as we were reporting late last night. we were not able to confirm what exactly was hit. now it looks this morning as though an apartment building was struck along with some sort of aerospace facility outside kyiv. that would match that. the ukrainians are usually a little hesitant to talk about any
factory. those ukrainian forces surrender by today, demand by russia. they told the washington post that the city has been, quote, quite wiped off the face of the earth. mariupol mayor says that 10,000 civilians have been killed in the region since the war began. if russia were to gain full control of mariupol, it would be putin s biggest victory yet. and would be the first major city taken by russia. in a late night addressed, zelenskyy said that conditions inside mariupol are inhumane and did confirm that there are several circles of russian forces now surrounding it. quote, the situation is very difficult. our military is blocked, the wounded are blocked, there s a humanitarian crisis, there is no food, no water, no medicine. nevertheless, the guys are defending themselves. the kremlin could begin his next phase of this war as soon as this week, according to u.s. defense officials who spoke to nbc news. meanwhile, earlier this morning an explosion was hard towards the left
united states. runaway inflation devastating family budgets now. crime waves terrorizing our cities, the fentanyl explosion killing thousands of americans every month, millions of illegal aliens brazenly walking across the border and our own homeless population is exploding. how could this be happening in america? we keep asking night after night, how low can present abiding go in the polls before his team or schumer or pelosi admit it s time for a course correction? a political party that s actually interested in success and results you know, that whole making life better for the average person thing, would know by now that it was time for a change. but apparently that time still hasn t come. instead, they stick with the same antigrowth, pro-crime policies that have driven biden to a staggering 33% approval in the latest quinnipiac poll. and i guess they think that they can turn this around by, i don t know, appearing to feel your pain? we understand some realities happe
crisis at the russia/ukraine border. the american ambassador is ready to listen to the russians, but won t be played by them. we are prepared to go in the room and listen to them, but we are not going to be distracted by their propaganda and we are going to be prepared to respond to any disinformation that they attempt to spread during this meeting. meanwhile, house members have been officially notified that there will be an all-member briefing on ukraine thursday afternoon led by u.s. secretary of state tony blinken. cnn s melissa bell is on the ground in kyiv with our top story this morning. melissa, any chance the russians will try to block this emergency u.n. session or do you actually expect they will participate? reporter: well, this is a session that s been called by the united states. we ve heard via twitter from russia s deputy ambassador to the u.n. angrily reacting to the calling of that meeting and suggesting calling on other u.n. security council members to